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On Court Road, in Wembury, Brixton & Newton Ferrers
What it's like at PL8 1DN: every home that has sold on Court Road since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
4 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Court Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 107 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 3, Court RoadDetached | Sept 2024 | £846,000 | 116 m² | £7,293/m² | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5, Court RoadDetached | Apr 2025 | £1,025,000 | 168 m² | £6,101/m² | 2 |
| 7, Court RoadDetached | Feb 2016 | £575,000 | 223 m² | £2,578/m² | 1 |
| 11, Court RoadTerraced | Oct 2014 | £320,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 15, Court RoadTerraced | Oct 2025 | £530,000 | 99 m² | £5,354/m² | 1 |
| 17, Court RoadTerraced | Jun 2021 | £690,000 | – | – | 3 |
| Court Farm Cottage, 11, Court RoadTerraced | Jan 2012 | £198,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Court Orchard, 9, Court RoadOther | Oct 2019 | £470,000 | 110 m² | £4,273/m² | 1 |
The nearest station is Plymouth, a drive away (10 km), with 2.7m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Paddington.
The nearest bus stop is Court Road, 100 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 94); 3 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 46 minutes away by public transport (23 by car).
This is car country: only 7% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Newton Ferrers Church of England Primary School, a few minutes' walk (300 m); 82% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Coombe Dean School, 5.1 km away; Attainment 8: 49.2 · 11.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Plymouth High School for Girls (7.4 km) and Devonport High School for Boys (8.7 km).
Few families with young children: only 14% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Co-op, 200 m away; The Pharmacy (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Wembury Surgery (2.5 km), with D A Tubb the closest pharmacy (250 m).
For a haircut, The House of Hair and Beauty is 2.5 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Derriford Hospital, 9.7 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 36% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 6 restaurants and cafés, 7 pubs and bars.
Old Mill Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (2.9 km), and Yealm Yacht Club the nearest pub (250 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 50 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 120 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 53% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
Bungalow country: 25% of homes are bungalows.
It's growing: about 1,263 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Burrow Hill, 5.9 km away; for exercise, University of Plymouth (4.5 km).
A swim is a short trip away: Wembury, 3.3 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 3.5 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Exeter is 63 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 149 km.
14 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Court Farmhouse | II | 30 m |
| Two Tomb Chests and Railings Immediately North of Church of Holy Cross | II | 90 m |
| Church of Holy Cross | I | 100 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
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South West Devon constituency: Rebecca Smith MP (Conservative), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 2,112 (4.0%), turnout 67%. Vote shares: Conservative 34%, Labour 30%, Reform UK 18%, Liberal Democrat 11%.
1 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near PL8 1DN →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 49% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 32% are 65 or over.
It's highly educated: 43% of adults have a degree.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
On this street: 4 of 69 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 16 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 2.3% | 2.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 2.4% | 3.7% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 83.4% | 61.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 7.8% | 17.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.8% | 15.9% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.2% | 0.5% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
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police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 107 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Tinside Lido · about 31 min
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